A V O Y A G E T O
Englifh. . Friendly IJlands. Otaheite,
To rife up, Etoo, A too. -
To cry, or Jhed tears, Tangee, Taee.
To eat, or chew, Eky, Ey.
Yes, Ai, Ai.
No, ■ Kaee, Aee.
Tou, Koe, Oe.
I, . Ou, Wou..
Ten, Ongofooroo, Ahooroo.
Having now concluded nay remarks on thefe iilands and
people, I fliall_take my final leave of them-, after giving
fome account of the aftronomical and nautical obfervations
that were made during our flay.
And, firft, I muit take notice, tit at the difference of longitude,
between Annamooka' and Tongataboo, is fomewhat
lefs than was marked in the chart and narrative of my lait
voyage. This error might eafily arife, as the, longitude
of each was then found without any connection with the
other. But, now, the difiance between them is determined
to a degree of precifion, that excludes all poifibility of
miftake ; which the following table will illuftrate :
The latitude of the obfervatory at
Tongataboo, by the mean of fe- .
veral obfervations, - - - 21° 8' 19" South.
The longitude, by the mean of one
hundred and thirty-one fets of lunar
obfervations, amounting to
above a thoufand obferved distances,
between the moon, fun,
anditars, - 184 55 18 Eaft.
The
The difference o f longitude, made | juïJ
by the time-keeper, between the w -v—
above obfervatory, and that at
Annamooka, - -
0° 16' 0"
Hence, the longitude of Annamo-
ka is -
By the time- I Greenwich rate, -
keeper it“is, ( New Zealand rate,
Its latitude - - .
N. I ‘ The obfervatory at Tongataboo was near the
middle of the North fide of the iflaniL; and that at Anna-
mookaTTmTrrW^irfltre'f but the ciart will elucidate this.
The time-keeper was too flow for mean time at Greenwich,
CO
I I 18 Eaft.
186 12 27
00
37 0
.20 ' 15 0
on the firft.of July at noon, by 34“ 33s,2; and
her daily rate, at that time, was lofing, on mean time,
i “,783 per day. This rate will now beufedfor finding the
longitude by the time-keeper; and 184° 53' 18", or 12'“ 19"
41’,2, will be taken as the true longitude of Tongataboo,
Eaft from Greenwich.
By the mean of fleveral obfervations, the South end of the
needle was found to dip
At
Eaft.
t L e fo o g a , o n e .o f thq H a p a e e iila n d s , Sb4 ss'
I T o n g a ta b o o , - > 39 iz
v a r ia t io n o f th e c om p a f s w a s fo u n d to b e
f A n n am o o k a , o n b o a rd , - - 8° &o' , n 3t
A n c h o r " o f f K o tq o , b e tw e e n 7 sift: 12 29 i
1 A n n am o o k a and H a p a e e , j
A n c h o r o f f L e fo o g a , 10 1 1 40
T o n g a ta b o o , o n b o a rd , - - 9 44 5i
D itto , o n flio re , - 10 12 58